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Rudolph II (c. 880 /885 – 12 or 13 July 937) [1] was King of Burgundy from 912 until his death in 937 and King of Italy from 922 to 926. He initially succeeded in Upper Burgundy . In 933, Rudolph acquired the Kingdom of Lower Burgundy ( Provence ) from King Hugh of Italy in exchange for the waiver of his claims to the Italian crown, thereby ...
Tour Jean-sans-Peur. The Tour Jean-sans-Peur or Tour de Jean sans Peur (French pronunciation: [tuʁ də ʒɑ̃ sɑ̃ pœʁ], Tower of John the Fearless), located in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris, is the last vestige of the Hôtel de Bourgogne ([otɛl də buʁɡɔɲ]), the residence first of the Counts of Artois and then the Dukes of Burgundy.
Rudolph, Duke of Burgundy (French, Raoul; also referred to as Ralph), Duke of Burgundy from 921 and King of West Francia from 923 to 936; Rudolph I, King of Burgundy, elected in 888 after the death of Charles the Fat. He died in 912; Rudolph II, King of Burgundy, son of Rudolph I, and ruled (Upper) Burgundy from 912 to 937; also king of ...
Conrad III, king 1138–1152; Frederick I Barbarossa, king 1152, emperor 1155–1190; Henry VI, king 1190, emperor 1191–1197; Philip of Swabia, king 1198–1208; Otto IV of Brunswick (House of Welf), king 1208–1215, emperor 1209–1215; Frederick II, king 1212, emperor 1220–1250; Conrad IV, king 1237–1254 (until 1250 under his father)
His son, Rudolph II succeeded to this new-formed state, which included the French or western part of Switzerland, Franche-Comté, Savoy, Dauphiné, Provence, and the country between the Rhine and the Alps, and was known as the kingdom of Burgundy. He twice attempted the conquest of Italy, and for a period of three years governed that kingdom.
The Kingdom of Burgundy, known from the 12th century [1]: 140 as the Kingdom of Arles, [a] [2] was a realm established in 933 by the merger of the kingdoms of Upper and Lower Burgundy under King Rudolf II.
Rudolph's relationships with his other neighbours were friendlier. His sister/niece Adelaide married Richard the Justiciar, duke of Burgundy (the present day Burgundy, part of west Francia). [4] He had at least four children: Rudolph II, King of Burgundy; Adelaide, married Louis the Blind of Provence (Lower Burgundy), Willa married Boso of Tuscany,
Rudolf II of Burgundy King of Burgundy & Provence (933-937) Hugh of Italy (son of Bertha, dau. Lothair II of Lotharingia) (926-947) Henry I the Fowler (nephew of Liutgard of Saxony, wife of Louis the Saxon) (911-918) King of Germany (918-936) Rudolph (nephew of Richilde of Provence, wife of Charles the Bald) (923-936) Otto I the Great King of ...